Table 1.
Socio-demographic status of households in Berehet District, Ethiopia, 2012.
| Variables (n=746) | Number (%) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 505 (67.7) |
| Urban | 241 (32.3) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 424 (56.8) |
| Female | 322 (43.2) |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 547 (73.3) |
| Single | 88 (11.9) |
| Divorced | 74 (9.9) |
| Widowed | 36 (4.8) |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox | 486 (65.1) |
| Muslim | 248 (33.2) |
| Protestant | 12 (1.6) |
| Educational status | |
| Could not read and write | 385 (51.6) |
| Read and write only | 189 (25.3) |
| Elementary (1–8 grades) | 67 (9.0) |
| Secondary(9–12 grades) | 37 (5.0) |
| College and above | 68 (9.1) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Amhara | 617 (82.7) |
| Oromo | 7 (0.9) |
| Others (Aregoba, Kemebata, Tigre) | 121(16.3) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmer | 430 (57.6) |
| Merchant | 77 (10.3) |
| House wife | 79 (10.6) |
| Others (daily labor, student, teacher and contractor) | 160 (21.4) |
| Family size | |
| <4 | 419 (56.2) |
| 4–6 | 213 (28.6) |
| >6 | 114 (15.3) |
| Household possession | |
| Telephone | 375 (50.3) |
| Functional radio | 336 (44.2) |
| Electricity | 220 (29.5) |
| Television | 63 (8.4) |
| Average family monthly income | |
| <200 | 194(26.1) |
| 201–400 | 183(24.5) |
| >692 | 186(24.9) |